Combined hose supporter and protector.



Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

V. ROBBINS.

COMBINED HOSE SUPPORTER AND PROTECTOR.

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VANNIE ROBBINS, or MERIDIAN, MIssissIPrI.

COMBINED HOSE SUPPORTER AND PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1909.

Application filed October 21, 1908. Serial No. 458,879.

I '0 all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, VANNIE ROBBINS, a citizen of .the United States ofAmerica, residing at Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and State ofMississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in a CombinedHose Supporter and Protector, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined hose supporter and protector.

' As is well known, all hose supporters tend to tear the fabric of thestockings at and adj acent to the mouth hem, no matter how much care beobserved in positioning the supporters, and further that the tendency ofstockings to tear at the knees, especially where the wearer is stout, isa prolific source of trouble, annoyance and expense, inasmuch asstockings that are otherwise in good condition have to be cast aside asworthless.

The object of the present invention is in a ready and practical manner,and without the direct attachment thereto of supporters,

positively to hold the stockings against working down, and also toprevent the knees from tearing as from strains due to the bending of theknees of the wearer.

With the above and other objects in view,

as will appear-as the nature of the invention is better understood, thesame consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts of acombined hose supporter and protector, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, andin which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts:Figure 1 is a view in side elevation, displaying the article as itappears when applied and properly positioned on the leg of the wearer.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken on line 2-2 ofFig. 3, and looking in the direction of the arrows thereon. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 andlooking inthe direction of the arrows thereon.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates an ordinary stocking and 2 astrap of a hose supporter provided with the usual clasp 3 for engagementwith the combined hose supporter and protector. This latter article isconstructed from a plurality of plies of stout fabric and its ends areconnected by a lapped seam 4*. As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the device isshaped to conform to the knee of the wearer, as indicated at 6, thisbeing necessary as the fabric will not stretch to any appreciable degreeand is prevented from doing so by reason ofthe fact that rows oftransverse stitches 5 are employed to reinforce the article and whichare disposed in parallel spaced relation and extend from near the top toa point below the transverse median line thereof, these being the pointswhere the article will be subjected to the greatest strains.

At the upper end of the device is formed a pocket 9 in which is housedan elastic band 7, and as this ortion of the article will engage the legof the wearer above'the knee, it is necessary that the band. shouldbeeasy to stretch, otherwise painful pressure would result. To permit thepocket to have an extended range of adjustment, to adapt it to fit legsof different sizes, it is gathered for this purpose as shown at Fig. 2.At the lower end of the article is a second pocket 10 in which is houseda relatively broad elastic band 8 which constitutes a garter to hold thestocking from working down, the pocket being also gathered to permit theband to stretch as required.

In order to impart a neat and finished appearance to the article, itsends may if desired be ornamented by ruffles 11.

When the device is applied to the knee over the stocking, the clasp ofthe garment supporter is connected to the protector only, and in thisway the stocking is positively shielded against injury.

The device is of simple construction, and may be readily and cheaplymanufactured without the employment of any particular form of machinefor the purpose.

I claim:

A combined hose supporter and protector comprising a band of sto'utfabric shaped to conform to the knee of the wearer and reinforcedagainst stretching by transverse rows of stitches disposed in parallelspaced relation and extending from near the top to a point below thetransverse medianline In testimony whereof I afiix my sigma of theartlcle, the band being provlded at ture 1n presence of twowitness'es.each end with a gathered pocket, and elastie bands arranged in thepockets, that at the Q VANNIE ROBBINS 5 lower end ofthe band being ofgreater wldth VVitns'ses:

- than that at the upper end to constitute the E E. GARNER,

former a garter. N.- L. VVINGO

